Garment-fastener.



No. 805,866. PATENTED 'N0 V. 28, l905,

B LITTAUER.

GARMENT FASTENBR.

APPL-IOATION FILED MAY 19.1905.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR 1 No. 805,866. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. B. LITTAUBR.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19.1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

INVENTOR? 152 InL'Eau E1;

PATENT OFFICE.

BENNO LIT TAUER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GAHMENT -FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed May 19, 1905. Serial No. 261,155.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNO LITTAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the followingto be afnll, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention has reference generally to improvements in garment-fasteners; and this invention relates more particularly to a novel fastening means for womens waists and other garments with aview of dispensing with the use of buttons and huttonholes or the usual hooks and eyes now ordinarily used for fastening the overlapping edges of a waist or similar garment.

The invention has for its principal objects to provide a simply arranged and constructed fastening means which is especially applicable to womens waists, but may also be applied to skirt-plackets, leggings, gloves, shoes, corsets, and the like, and, furthermore, to provide a fastening means of the character hereinafter more particularly specified which is arranged between the doubled or overlapping flies or flaps of the garment, so as to be invisible when the edges of the garment are drawn together.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fastening means which when operated will securely hold the edges of the garment in their overlapped relation, and that without the use of buttons and buttonholes or hooks and eyes, which are always more or less unsightly and tedious to fasten, the purpose of my device being to provide a device having a pull cord or cords by means of which the edges of the garment can be quickly pulled together with the greatest of ease and without any undue strain upon the material of which the garment is made.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly mentioned will be clearly evident from the following detailed description of the same.

With the various objects of my present invention in view the said invention consists in the novel fastening device for garments of the various kinds, and especially for womens waists, hereinafter set forth; and, further, this -ment in their overlapped relation and fastened by means of the fastening device embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional representation of the two overlapped meeting edges of the garment and the fastening means. Fig. 3 is a face view of portions of the two meeting edges of the garment and parts of the fastening means, the various portions being represented broken away, so as to show more clearly the relative positions of the edges of the garment and the parts of the fastening means which are connected with the respective flaps of the garment; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on line 4 4: in said Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a rear face view of the fastening means and inner view of portions of the meeting edges of the garment, showing the parts in their separated relation; and Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the said fastening means and the meeting edges of the garment, also in their separated relation.

Similar characters of reference are empioyed in all of the said above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference character 1 indicates any suitable garment, such as a womans waist, with which my invention may be used; but it will be understood, however, that the invention is applicable also to other wearing-apparel, such as skirts, gloves, boots, shoes, and the like.

The reference characters 2 and 3 indicate the two meeting edges of the waist 1, the meeting edge 2, as shown more particularly in Figs. 4: and 6 of the drawings, usually being provided with a folded and interiorly-turned portion 4 and a plait 5 upon its outer face. Suitably secured along the inner face of the said meeting edge or member 2 by stitchings 6 is a strong tape 7, to which are secured in any suitable manner at or near the edge 8 of the said tape 7 the end portions 10 of any desired number of cords or fastening-tapes 9. In a like manner there is suitably secured along the inner face of the meeting edge or member 3 of the garment by means of stitchings 12 and 13 a strong tape 11 and eyelets 14, corresponding to the number of cords or fastening-tapes 9 employed. The said tape 11 is fastened to the inner face of the meeting edge 8 by means of the said stitehings 12 and 13 in such a manner that a receivingpocket 15 is formed and located beneath each eyelet 14, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6 of the drawings. At or near the lower end the said tape 12 is provided with a pair of eyelets 16 and 17 or other similar lacing means, the purposes of which will be presently set forth.

When the fastening means which embodies the principles of this invention is to be used with the waist 1, each cord or tape is passed into a pocket 15 and inserted through the correspondingly-located eyelet 14. The free end portions 18 of the said cords or tapes 9 are then bunched substantially as represented in Fig. 5 of the drawings, each bunch being passed through an eyelet 16 and 17, respectively. Thus it will be seen that when the garment is placed upon the body of the wearer, with the cords or fastening-tapes 9 in their loose relation, by taking hold of the bunched end portions 18 of the said cords or tapes the meeting edges or members 2 and 30f the garment are easily and quickly drawn together, with the meeting edge or member3 located directly beneath the meeting edge or member 2, the parts all being securely held in their closed relation by passing the said bunched end portions 18 about the body of the wearer and tying said end portions 18 together, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

From the foregoing description of my invention and from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings it will be seen that the fastening means is concealed directly back of the meeting edges or members 2 and 3 of the garment and that there are no unsightly exposed parts. Furthermore, the arrangement of the parts is such that there are no parts to rub and chafe the outer or inner garments of the wearer or that might otherwise be of discomfort to the person when the meeting edges or members 2 and 3 of the garment have been fastened by means of the tightening device embodying the principles of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is" 1. In a fastening device for securing the meeting edges of a garment in their closed relation, a tape secured upon the inner face of one of said meeting edges, a series of fastening-cords all secured at their inner ends to the said tape, a second tape secured upon the.in ner face of the other meeting edge, and means connected with said second tape correspond ing to the number of said fastening-cords,

' with which the fastening-cords are movably connected, so as to pull the said meeting edges together and cause them to overlap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a fastening device for securing the meeting edges of a garment in their closed relation, a tape secured upon the inner face of one of said meeting edges, a series of fastening-cords all secured at their inner ends to the said tape, a second tape secured upon the inner face of the other meeting edge, and a series of eyelets in said second tape corresponding to the number of said fastening-cords, in which the fastening-cords are movably arranged, so as to pull the said meeting edges together and cause them to overlap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a fasteningdevice for securing the meeting edges of a garment in their closed relation, a tape secured upon the inner face of one of said meeting edges, a series of fastening-cords all secured at their inner ends to the said tape, a second tape secured upon the inner face of the other meeting edge, a series of eyelets 14 in said second tape corresponding to the number of said fastening-cords, in which the fastening-cords are movably arranged, and a pair of eyelets 16 and 17 in said second tape, the end portions of said fastening-cords extending in two bunches from said eyelets 16 and 17, so as to pull the meeting edges together and cause them to overlap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a garment, the combination, with the two meeting edges of the garment, of a tape secured upon the inner face of one of said meeting edges, a second tape secured upon the inner face of the other meeting edge, there being a series of receiving-pockets formed beneath the said second tape, a series of fastening-cords, each cord having its inner end secured to the first-mentioned tape, and a series of eyelets in said second tape, each eyelet being arranged directly above a receivingpocket, the main body of each fastening-cord being passed through a receiving-pocket and the eyelet arranged above the same, so as to pull the said meeting edges together and cause them to overlap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5, In a garment, the combination, with the two meeting edges of the garment, of a tape secured upon the inner face of one of said meeting edges, a second tape secured upon the inner face of the other meeting edge, there being a series of receiving-pockets formed beneath the said second tape, a series of fastening-cords, each cord having its inner end secured to the first-mentioned tape, and a series of eyelets in said second tape, each eyelet being arranged directly above a receivingpocket, the main body of each fastening-cord being passed through a receiving-pocket and the eyelet arranged above the same, and a pair of eyelets near the lower end of said tape from which the end portions of said fasteningcords extend in two bunches, so as to pull the meeting edges together and cause them to overlap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I- elairn the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of May, 1905.

BENNO LITTAUER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. (J. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS. 

